To understand bile duct cancer, it helps to know about the bile ducts and what they normally do. Bile is a fluid made in your liver and stored in your gallbladder. Your bile ducts are a series of thin ...

A blocked salivary duct can cause pain and swelling during meals, often due to the formation of stones. Most blocked ducts can be treated at home, but severe cases might need surgery. Without ...

From the early 1950s through 1980, many forced-air heating ducts installed in American homes and buildings were constructed, secured, or wrapped with materials that contained asbestos. The use of ...

About 1 in 5 new breast cancers will be ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Nearly all women with this early stage of breast cancer can be cured. DCIS is also called intraductal carcinoma or stage 0 ...